Thomas S. Monson
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
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The illiterate of the century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Where there's life, there's hope.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
We can do no great things. Only small things with great love.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Love is smiling on the inside and out.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
One million dollars !
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
In the eyes of a lover pockmarks are dimples.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Hunker down.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war, love is a growing up
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
For with god all things are possible.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
After all, tomorrow is another day !
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
It's hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone, when your heart still does.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
For the first time in my life, people cheering for me. Were you deaf ? Didn't you hear 'em ? We're not hitchhiking any more. We're riding.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
If you want a do-right woman, you have to be a do-right man
Love is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Life is what you make it.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.